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1 arEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1935. NtVW Mft THI U0T NfVU MM rm ut NEVER MIND THE LADY MIVII MIND im lAOf by David Garth wnvtm MINO THI UUT NIVU MMO THt IADV HVSOPSM: Terry Willett hit Mm down fas yellow Palva Hirer to Pioplonoue to get action on a mwca needed tMpyienl 0 u(p metit tor hie engineering project vpetreum. Hie father it elaylng v,ith the fob, fighting fever and moody natlvre Terry enepecle dm. t; deallnu on the part of the un staM native government. Xow he ts kilting time in the "Colteeo," uniting tor the Dutrh tramp steam, er chfh will take him to the capi tal. He eeee a man get slapped. Chapter Tbre FAST FIGHT WILLETT Jumped off the bar. He knew bow Portuguese fought. And that other man bad looked positively sick, too wooiy to do any thing about It except help himself fet killed. Besides, he was a white man. Enough of an eicuse for Willett anytime to get moving. "Uh uh," he said quietly, stepping between them. He turned from the Portuguese. "Beat It, kid." That was a hot ono calling that fellow "kid." He didn't look like a kid and yet the Impression remained. Perhaps It was the trembling of his lips. The other passed a shaking hand across his brow. "I want to see It through." "Yeah?" said Terry. "Beat It like I told yon before lt'a too late." tnstlnctmnd action were "Look out I" yelled the other. He needn't have worried. Terry nay not have been looking at the Portuguese, but be bad kept bis thadow In tho corner of bis eye. He dlun't bother to waste time turning bis head. Instinct and action were twins of his brain. He ducked tm mediately and the flat of the Portu guese grazed the top of his head. He spun around. Jaw sot In ridges. His fist connected with the point of a chin. There were yells. There were oaths. There was a man going down. When Willett hit that was usually the next thing to happen. A crowd surged around them. The reputation of the Collseo was that the Drat knife wins. The Portuguese was being Jabbered at by bis mates. He got up and Terry, waiting for him with a tight little curve to his Hps, knockod him kicking again. He knew what was next. He knew tt as his foe got up on one knee, wip ing his bloody mouth with one band, tho other creeping Inside his coat, ud Willett didn't wait. Hurling the table to one side, he seized a chair and Jumpod forward. The man whose light had been taken right out of his hands watched. Ma teeth gnawing hts knuckles. There waa a crash, a scream, and Terry stepped back. Quickly he surveyed the orowd, then graliblng him by the elbow, he hurried the white man through the milling llirotm aud out Into the cool night air. The man leaned hack against the wall and stared at him. "You killed him." he nearly whis pered. "Doubt It," said Torry shortly. "Just draped his thick skull with a few unconscious thoughts. If you thh.k I'm going to be an assistant in a knife-throwing art. you're cuuy." The other was still staring at him. his ecs slowly nldenlug. "Willett! Aren't you Willett?" The exclamation was vibrant with sud den recognition. lerry retarded lilra inuugntfully. "Would mi mind telling me Just 'H the hell you lire?" he demanded "I nearly gut my throat cut trying to fln-l out." "Speede Tommy Speede. How j 'First Citizen" Is Named in Portland rorui.ANn, Or.. Ore-. M (A)') Tilt pnitirttHi r-nii lift nt i Fdmitfl ( union vi- - prfi1i.t of the Iron firrmtn M-mnrm-turln rcv.npanv. "flrt e!t.wn" of P.rtUnd for inr1. oim. Tac ytnr the Portlin1tr ho tVMin linffft nrhlfvinif perft-t Ion In civic !rvi: and mi t Mending rvom pUnhrntMU win tht sUvhtcI. Portland Puts On Extra Mail Clerks POHMANP. ore. Dee M. i API T)ii Kflmnrr Kimrd of tr poslnl worker, for tiw rtirimtfc rueh in Prtl;;Mt "rr mi dun li-rini n t mull volume lnrrrnd. Tliree huu-ctr-vi fxtrn workers will tx- employed The Portland ystem U n tunned hy 32fl currier. :ilf clerks und num ber of regular nthMitutev Use Mall Irtbuue want aul Mvo mm rm uot wvu who fhi iaov NIVtl MJNO THI IAOT MVU HMO fHI UOT NtVH MINO THI UM you, Willett? For God s sake, slf me down some place." SORRY to have been so much bother," Speede said. "Too much kana lousy stuff, Willett makes absinthe seem tike carbonated water How you, Willett?" Terry clasped his bands across hli stomach and leaned back In bis cbalr, staring at Speede Intently. Kana, eh? Getting drunk for thres cents on that "white eyed" poison. Speede must be breaking up. Must be? As he sat here In th comparative privacy of the Santlnl Hotel bar, Terry could understand why he hadn't recognised Tommy Speede immediately. The grin alons hadn't changed. "How'd yon happen to land In tht Collseo?" he demanded. "Just walkln' the streets." Speede said dreamily. "Walkln' around and bumped Into the door. Heli of a place. Isn't It? The whole country Is a hell of a place. Have a drink?" "Why don't you get out ol these parts?" Terry asked steadily. "Haven't you bad enough?" Speede suddenly laughed. "Enough? More than enough. 1 hate every lousy tree In this country. And as for rocks say, Willett, have you ever thought about rocks? You blast and sweat and strain to put rerlie rock and then what have twins of his brain. you got? A nice big hole. And then you blast and sweat and strain some more to ail in the hole with what do you think? rockal Rocks!" He laughed again and waved an arm at the waiter, WILLETT bit his lip. Seeing Tom my Speede brought back memo ries of Bucky Corrlgan, Spider Hance, Jack Curie, and others, lis remembered now the Tommy Speede of those days two years ago who had been sent down by a big American engineering firm as "rock" man to Join the construction outfit blasting a road from Pontecllles to Jaurez. That Jaurez Job had been a tough one 'and Speede with bis fresh cheeks, his Irish grin, and college degree had certainly received a bap tism of fire. He was still seared. He wasn't com ing out of It. Why didn't he get out of the country before It was too late? He was a sick man; they're all sick when they dose themselves with kana. "Easy," Terry advised. "Take It slow." Speede abruptly pulled himself together and the uncontrolled tons In his voice was lacking when he spoke again. "Surprised to see you, Terry," be said. "What are you doing around here?" Terry lit a cigaret. "Working up the river," he said non-commlttally. "Pad's with me on the Job." "Your old man still In harness, eh?" Speede queried. "Swell gent, your old man. Living proof that en gineers ean be white men. I don't see how he keeps on heating this game, I can't and you can't either you'll see." "Never mind about me." said Wil lett. "How about you? Why don't you drag out? They ought to give you a leave of absenoce," "They?" speed repeated ton lessly. -There isn't any 'they. I re signed after the Jaurez Job. And my mother back In the States wants me to come along home. Shea an old lady. Willett I don't think I'll see her again If 1 don't go now." ffi'ptriotit ijjj tv oavi.l ti irthi Tpmorru. a Fen rumpd Otorgt It Introduced. $10 Flax Subsidy Hope Of McNary Mt.KM. De- 14 (AP. Senator Churle. I.. M.Snry, In it telegram to I.. I, t,wft, lifnd of the slate flat industry. Indicated there w . eh a nee tht Oregon croweri might ! receive a direct nuhnidy of 10 a ton on all fini grown here. McNarv Mid h found th AAA ad j mini tira tor nd adUwrs much inter ested, and that they hud promised j to assemble a fftvt docket and pre j sent the mutter to the secretary of agriculture for final action. 1.1 lit Number MARYSV1U F. Kss. Pee. M-(.MM W. M Oriffee, county clerk. a i born on the i.iin married Id IP I a. j ;ies on i:th j're .mrl n Riven nvnor car M.vpw No. 3o. 1313. I ALBANY. Ore, Dee. IS. (API j Albany' new chief of police la tor- j mer Nittlit Officer H I. Chandler, ! j promoted hy the eon n Ml to uc-t Iceed ilia late J. Q Rvvera. FOR FEDERAL AID PORTLAND. Ore.. Doc. 14. (AP) The Western Forestry and Conwrva tlon asaoclatlon, after re-etecttng lta officers and hearing appeals for leas governmental interference In the lum- t ber and logging Industry, turned Its j attention today to roundtable dls cusalona of forest protection prob lems. ' STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author. Indexing stamped enrelope for reply. Res;. Tj. s. Pat. Off. m a KJ ii; Wtf) Twice Wl 'f A I t UP ft MM I : , J Vrr-)1P chQHooV, 1WX.M& W I IK" a, Wth&Z OHWXh lU( p. Lf Of 6(?A. J(ly$) Wff Tlie MranRfl ccltiwo of the jmii in FebruAry. 1U34. bnRnn cast of the Intrrnntlonnl dnte Hue on February 14. Aa the ccllpso prugreAtted, It crowed over the dnt line, where the CAlendnr stps bark a full day. and there It ended Febrnnry 13, out on the Parlflc. The period of totality waa two minutes nnd five M-eomla, and wns obaerved by r party of Japanese, and Amerlrnn scientists frr.m tosap Ialsnd, 187A mllea soutben.it ol TAILSPIN TOMMY 7UST AS IT APPEARED ZJ THAT JVM AMD tSKCETtZFS. D000N INTO 7WE RAGING S-A FUEL SUPPL.V aavy plane: APPEAGE. O OUT OF" THE STOfZM sAVO i 236? i L- '-i--mmm rmm BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Developments A' Plenty ' " """r .TZlr, . ' By EDWIN ALGER S1 - 5 TOOv! l Ua "C- BUT AtWAT p(& 1 cSm OVE5 j GO CXJT KJD W'tVEARE A A vVi ' rrr ) vou set P,e r 1 iK. se? ,4 2 about a J IT fto TTTprfU 4 ( TAILS AVJD SAOERKt r-,--- (V Xfr W ?! V 'l ,7', fa Si Vnjo more pig,.' f5SS ' XgT- fT. ' s, 4 ' " Chief among the developments at the final general conferences yester day were proposals that the federal government grant or loan funds to aid the Industry. 8. ft. Black of Ban Francisco, rep resenting the California Protective association, said: "The governrmnt has money for relief; this Is a worthy cause too." Speakers aald the lumber Industry faced a crista If more land la removed from tax rolls and taxation thereby Increased. BICYCLES New and used. We have the most complete stock in Med ford Time payments Sims Bros., 23 N Fir 8t. frVAlLV- rrWOM5, 1iM ftno Joseph, VJ6KE AUU yaws. tftCrt IN WMy' l "V MlLUOKl 3OLUA-R4 Wipk 1 J I rOP J ' If " n"i ?uivaient JS? t ! J j ICO'P'PED IM MS LA7 s Jj .Japan In tho Caroline group. to live lo the ripe old age of 75 1 VJOUu3HT KVloW f IJV- i) 9 I years. As a child there was little (f J -A I wJ$&fS') I Few great musicians live out their , hope that he rould survive to man- j 1 a vLjySrr ("i ? natural span of life. The tragedy ol hood, and twice at least he was 7 ' l 1 I l t ) rVjL early death seenw to beset rem- given up for dead. The village car- I 111 l I K. (I fevX'CSZl' Rt -d posers of Importance Mozart. Schu- pouter actually started building his . I III I MeVmrL JJ A MS C Pert, Chopin. Mendelssohn. Weber, coffin but Liszt rallied and rccov- JJ it? ) V I El IfWU sTC 4f1 AAW Harold and Bellini all died In their ired. Later he was again stricken III cK XZ t V L? Jl 743, JVVjl Sa-n thirties. Hoffman, Clmarosa, Pa-1 and again given up for dead, but 3 cjt J, ft J . TT1 . Jt (TS WfSArt ganlnl, Schumain and many others again he recovered V Cj' SLAr Tri T7u' cWS 'rJ li-Ak ' died In Ihelr prime. Vj?XC "j SsJ GrT ) "T3 v Btrauga as it seems, however. Llsr.t Tntnorriiu-: Toy Trains . . , and I JIQSff t I (fSHriX overcame a childhood of 11) health Real One. !" t" vSfTl' 1 4 Isk, fCotrrrirtt. 1936 bv Thi Bell gvnrfirjiu. Ine S 1 2M i ' - ii- i- . ' ; tT -Heading for a Dangerous landing! By HAL FORREST Salem Disposes Of School Bonds 8ALEM. Dec. 14 (AP) The Salem school board last night easily dis ported of its 675.0O0 school building project bond ale, eccptln? bids from one and a half to two percent lower than ever obtained for school bonds here. , Blyth Company purchased the IVU) luii at SI. in fill ncr rnt on a 100.7 baslA. and the remaining I 25.000 went to Ladd Si Bosh bank at 3 per cent at par. GUNSMITH Repairs for all m&lcet of guns Sims Bros. 33 N Fir " It lil NS WKVARD ECLIPSE- Tflt KUP&E Of Trie SUM fid. f rSMP EARLV 0t DANCING CLASS StH0Ol1bSei.EC.PARf UtRS. HM6FR5,H)Pm6 YHHRE WOM'f BE EH0U6H 6IR1S 1b 60 AROUND THUS CAUSES A CRASH BUT CIEWCHES ItEfM AVID PLOWS ON 1rlR0U6H 8'MATTEB POP- ' l VJo1CVW15oOT TAXES 1 Jb V 4a13 Tl6uiStwt, I I ill Mb ; v Aw I IV1 I NO LUCK. MARCHES UP "lb NEAREST 6)RL AMP BOWS DI5C0URA6E5 ALL Af fMPT6 A COSvERSATiOM BV AHSWERIW6 CJERV REMARK Wlfrl A gRUHf HEARS BUP BEMIS LAU6.H Af HIM ON ACCOUNT OF Crash, awd remarks, in PAS6M& HlH, HE'LL POKE HM irl ruE N05E (READS HEAvILV ON FEEf OT FARlrJER WHO POUffLV lf WAi HER TAULf. 6RUUft if'S AIL RI6HT, IT DlDN'f HUR HIM MUCH ' (Ouyyi ljtjt. 183B, By GLUYAS W1LUAMS KEEPS EVfS 6LUEP ON his rar MUSIC SfOPS. BblTS HASfiLV fO FAR friESY CORNER 0 RKUPERATt by Ths Bell Srsdlcste, Inc.) Bv C M PAYNE
